Mother's Day is Complicated. Mary is not.
/When I was 10 years old, life was sometimes stressful. I didn’t know much about Jesus and I didn’t really pray, but I had a rosary.
I didn’t know how to use it, but I knew Hail Marys were involved. So when my fears and grief were high, I would lay in bed and say two words on each bead...
“Hail Mary”
That’s all I knew... until many years later when I finally prayed a full rosary as a young adult.
Mother’s Day can be a complicated day. So I just keep my eyes on her. She knows what to do. She knows how to gently walk through the mess until she reaches my heart...
And she touches it gently.
Oh, sad and blessed day! When I don’t want to be celebrated. When I don’t know how to honor. When I grieve loss and regrets. When I rejoice in the gift of maternal love. When my children remind me how good my life is...
Keeping eyes on her.
It was a beautiful day. Thanks be to God.
